Warcraft's BlizzCon 2018 Key Art is Varok Saurfang

With Blizzard's most recent tweet about the Virtual Ticket, it is almost confirmed that the art used both there and in the goody bag book is the BlizzCon 2018 Key Art.\r\rBelow you can check previews of the art both from the goody bag book and the Virtual Pass tweet. The Key Art historically features essential characters to the future of their games, like Jaina for WoW last year. Other speculation also points out that the legendary Overwatch skin announced for the Virtual Ticket will be a McCree skin, as he is the character featured in the Key Art.\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\rSaurfang has been recently in the spotlight with the Old Soldier Cinematic earlier this year.\r\r\rEdit: This is also now the thumbnail for the upcoming Virtual Ticket Stream. Thanks to bellyards in the comments for also pointing out this was shown on the gamescom stream!\r\r\rAttending BlizzCon? We've previewed the contents of the Goody Bag earlier this week, so make sure to check that out!\r\rTomorrow there will be a special Virtual Ticket announcement stream tomorrow, which will probably give more details about the Key Art! Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for it at 3 pm Pacific!\r\r\rBlizzCon season is about to get underway\u2014this <strong>Wednesday, September 12, <\/strong>at <strong>3 p.m. PT<\/strong>, join us at <a href="http:\/\/www.blizzcon.com">BlizzCon.com<\/a> for the live BlizzCon 2018 All-Access Kickoff show! We have a ton in store this year, including <strong>free debut episodes<\/strong> for a host of original video series for this year\u2019s BlizzCon attendees and Virtual Ticket holders:\r\r<p><\/p>\r\r<ul>\r\t<li><strong><em>Drawn to Adventure<\/em><\/strong>\u2014Witness the creative process in action as Blizzard artists share their insights and talk about what inspires their craft.<\/li>\r\t<li><strong><em>The Vault<\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014<\/em>See historical items from our games that are too important\u2014and in some cases too fragile\u2014to keep anywhere other than under lock and key.<\/li>\r\t<li><strong><em>Elite Cosplay<\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014<\/em>From concept to creation, witness the dedication, passion, and love of the game required to compete with the best of the best at BlizzCon.<\/li>\r\t<li><strong><em>Pause for Laughter<\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014<\/em>Get ready for an unconventional, whimsical look at Blizzard games and the unique personalities who make up our player communities.<\/li>\r<\/ul>\r\r<p><\/p>\r\r<p>Our BlizzCon All-Access hosts Michele Morrow, Alex Albrecht, and Malik Fort\u00e9 will be on hand to kick off the festivities with an array of special guests from across the Blizzard universe. Tune in for some exciting announcements about this year\u2019s show, as well as the unveiling of the <strong>in-game item for Overwatch<\/strong> available to BlizzCon attendees and Virtual Ticket holders. We can\u2019t wait for you to join us!<\/p>\r\r<p><\/p>\r\r<p><strong><u>WHERE TO WATCH<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\r<ul>\r\t<li><a href="http:\/\/blizzcon.com\/watch" target="_blank">BlizzCon.com\/watch<\/a>&#160;(during the event)<\/li>\r\t<li><a href="http:\/\/twitch.tv\/blizzard" target="_blank">Twitch.tv\/blizzard<\/a><\/li>\r\t<li><a href="https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blizzard\/videos\/10155158486894858" target="_blank">Facebook.com\/blizzard<\/a><\/li>\r\t<li><a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MVaOXMt7lT4" target="_blank">Youtube.com\/blizzard<\/a><\/li>\r<\/ul>\r\r

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Commento di Coldleo

Say it with me... Warchief Varok Saurfang. That Diablo sure looks a bit different from the normal portrayal..Perhaps the D3 team gave up and just decided to HD remake 2?

Commento di bellyards

on 2018-09-11T21:02:00-05:00

The art was already shown on the last day of the gamescom in the official blizzard stream and shows some figures on the blizzcon ;)\rsome of the moderator there gives us a hint ^^

Commento di GalenTheGrey

on 2018-09-11T21:02:13-05:00

Please god, let the Old Soldier bring back the Horde.

Commento di perculia

on 2018-09-11T21:09:56-05:00

The art was already shown on the last day of the gamescom in the official blizzard stream and shows some figures on the blizzcon ;)\rsome of the moderator there gives us a hint ^^\r\rTHANK YOU. It was driving me crazy where the nicer version of the art was.\r\rAlso looks like it's now the default background for the Blizzard Twitch page.

Commento di kaleestraza

on 2018-09-11T21:57:07-05:00

Calling it now, Blizzcon is 100% about orcs and makes no mention of the Night Elven aftermath at all

Commento di AlakeiThancan

on 2018-09-11T23:48:47-05:00

Calling it now, Blizzcon is 100% about orcs and makes no mention of the Night Elven aftermath at all\r\r\rYou're goddamn right ! And last year they were 100% about humans with Ja\u00efna ! And when they created Zappy boi they were 100% about trolls ! ...\r\rCome on now, stop your tantrum and grow up. They had a choice to make and right now Saurfang is probably the biggest lore point in world of warcraft. The burning of Teldrassil is important, sure, but it'll grow back, and it was a pretty recent thing for night elves. It had only been their capital since the fall of Hyjal, some twenty years ago. Before that the tree didn't even exist. For a population of which the majority was there back in the war of the Ancients, twenty years is a bleep.\r\rNow Saurfang, his decision and actions during the next year will define and reshape the Horde as a whole, and the face of Azeroth forever. THAT's important to know right now.

Commento di LadyJessa

on 2018-09-12T03:19:20-05:00

Calling it now, Blizzcon is 100% about orcs and makes no mention of the Night Elven aftermath at all\r\r\rYou're goddamn right ! And last year they were 100% about humans with Ja\u00efna ! And when they created Zappy boi they were 100% about trolls ! ...\r\rCome on now, stop your tantrum and grow up. They had a choice to make and right now Saurfang is probably the biggest lore point in world of warcraft. The burning of Teldrassil is important, sure, but it'll grow back, and it was a pretty recent thing for night elves. It had only been their capital since the fall of Hyjal, some twenty years ago. Before that the tree didn't even exist. For a population of which the majority was there back in the war of the Ancients, twenty years is a bleep.\r\rNow Saurfang, his decision and actions during the next year will define and reshape the Horde as a whole, and the face of Azeroth forever. THAT's important to know right now.\r\rWell said

Commento di Artelia

on 2018-09-12T05:27:30-05:00

Saurfang. Hope he stays with Alliance. I don't want another Horde story about orcs. After all these years we have someting fresh here....old horde must die.

Commento di kaleestraza

on 2018-09-12T08:12:53-05:00

Calling it now, Blizzcon is 100% about orcs and makes no mention of the Night Elven aftermath at all

You're goddamn right ! And last year they were 100% about humans with Ja\u00efna ! And when they created Zappy boi they were 100% about trolls ! ...

Come on now, stop your tantrum and grow up. They had a choice to make and right now Saurfang is probably the biggest lore point in world of warcraft. The burning of Teldrassil is important, sure, but it'll grow back, and it was a pretty recent thing for night elves. It had only been their capital since the fall of Hyjal, some twenty years ago. Before that the tree didn't even exist. For a population of which the majority was there back in the war of the Ancients, twenty years is a bleep.

Now Saurfang, his decision and actions during the next year will define and reshape the Horde as a whole, and the face of Azeroth forever. THAT's important to know right now.

The bias here is insane lol. Yeah, one %^&*in dude's personal issues is so much more important than an entire nation being nearly genocided and a World Tree being wiped off the face of the earth. How could I think otherwise! I mean, it's not like it's imbalanced that only the Horde got the second-ever cinematic in WoW's history anything. And it totally means nothing for the Alliance (and the Cenarion Circle, or even for Azeroth as a whole) that a sixth or more of their entire population just died-- you're totally right, the genocide means absolutely nothing.

Teldrassil will grow back? How @#$%ing stupid can you get to believe that? You're literally sitting here making ^&*! up to feel better about your horde bias. But yeah, okay lol, it's not that old so it means literally nothing that almost the entire Night Elf and Worgen populations were massacred as it burned.

Commento di Oswaldovzki

on 2018-09-12T08:15:02-05:00

It is fun to watch people complain about orcs (50% of Warcraft premise). Anyways... I really hope the Horde gets a solid base this time, we need stability! FOR THE HORDE!

Commento di dumenc

on 2018-09-12T08:38:36-05:00

Calling it now, Blizzcon is 100% about orcs and makes no mention of the Night Elven aftermath at all\r\rNight Elves? They're extinct now, everyone knows it

Commento di Kurias

on 2018-09-12T12:15:46-05:00

Calling it now, Blizzcon is 100% about orcs and makes no mention of the Night Elven aftermath at all\r\r\rYou're goddamn right ! And last year they were 100% about humans with Ja\u00efna ! And when they created Zappy boi they were 100% about trolls ! ...\r\rCome on now, stop your tantrum and grow up. They had a choice to make and right now Saurfang is probably the biggest lore point in world of warcraft. The burning of Teldrassil is important, sure, but it'll grow back, and it was a pretty recent thing for night elves. It had only been their capital since the fall of Hyjal, some twenty years ago. Before that the tree didn't even exist. For a population of which the majority was there back in the war of the Ancients, twenty years is a bleep.\r\rNow Saurfang, his decision and actions during the next year will define and reshape the Horde as a whole, and the face of Azeroth forever. THAT's important to know right now.\r\rThe bias here is insane lol. Yeah, one %^&*in dude's personal issues is so much more important than an entire nation being nearly genocided and a World Tree being wiped off the face of the earth. How could I think otherwise! I mean, it's not like it's imbalanced that only the Horde got the second-ever cinematic in WoW's history anything. And it totally means nothing for the Alliance (and the Cenarion Circle, or even for Azeroth as a whole) that a sixth or more of their entire population just died-- you're totally right, the genocide means absolutely nothing.\r\rTeldrassil will grow back? How @#$%ing stupid can you get to believe that? You're literally sitting here making ^&*! up to feel better about your horde bias. But yeah, okay lol, it's not that old so it means literally nothing that almost the entire Night Elf and Worgen populations were massacred as it burned.\r\rWow, stomp your feet a little harder and maybe do that really deep sob thingy where it makes it seem like you can't breath. Everyone knows that the tree had problems. It is true that it hasn't been there very long and was corrupt from the start. Or do you not remember the original starting quests from vanilla where you worked to clean the tree or the newer quests in cataclysm where we actually finish the cleansing. The tree needed to go so that the Night Elf story can be moved forward. That's going to take a while as populations and trees don't recover overnight. Right now though the story of internal collapse within the horde is more urgent. The fate of an entire faction hangs on what happens with one dude's personal issues as you put it. That story affects about half of the entire player base. The Night Elf story, and to a lesser extent Gilneas, affects maybe a sixth of the player base. The attempted genocide of two groups of people are part of the reason why Saurfang is having doubts so those parts of the story are there in the background even if not addressed directly and they don't need to be. Night Elf players know what happened. Everyone I know who plays Night Elf, myself included, have worked the burning into our RP and character stories. I don't want Blizzard to address the tree. The less they say the more freedom I have to be creative with my character's story.\r\rSaurfang's story is about the game as a whole and the future of Horde vs. Alliance. The Night Elf\/Gilneas story is a a small part of that but given how bad Blizzard can be with story at times, we should be glad.